Regardless of whether one can be prejudicial based on a novel's cover, it is without question that a novel's title does not necessarily give any factual insight into a novel's contents. F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a novel that proves exactly why one should never judge a book by its title. The title implies two things; that there is a character named Gatsby, and that he is great. There is indeed a prominent character in the novel named Gatsby, however the latter implication is false. His false greatness is then further driven in the novel, when Gatsby is initially portrayed as being more remarkable than he actually is. At first, Gatsby appears to be a well-liked, ethical, and successful man. However, this is all later disproven, and Gatsby is revealed to be an unloved, immoral, and entirely unsuccessful at achieving his principal goal. Clearly, in spite of The Great Gatsby's title, or initial implications in the novel, Gatsby is not truly great. Although there are initial insinuations that Gatsby is widely adored, in reality, he is not universally loved. Seemingly, Gatsby is a beloved man. After all, the parties he throws are extremely popular. While describing Gatsby's parties, Nick Carraway says, "There was music from [Gatsby]'s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the …show more content…
The truth is that all preconceptions of Gatsby are false; he is, in reality, not at all great. Gatsby is insinuated to be well-liked, ethical, and successful. On the contrary, Gatsby is actually not loved, immoral, and ultimately, a failure. Put simply, he is not great. He is merely portrayed to be. He is an allusion to the 1920s as a whole; the decade is also supposedly great, however F. Scott Fitzgerald had the strong belief that the greatness was a cover-up for the terror that truly was the